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I shouldn't even be talking about this, because there's A TON of things that could go wrong between now and then to futz this up, but I am.
It's too cool.
It's too awesome.
I have got to tell people about this.
Last week's post about TRON Mania caught the eye of Jay Maynard. The actual "Tron Guy" and he's coming to Chicago to do our show in August!!! It turns out that Jay lives in Minnesota and while it can be a long drive, it would give Jay some hang-out time in Chicago and he'll be able to do our show! His schedule matched up for July and August, so we booked him in August. (I'm working on something with a different theater for the July show.)
In honor of his visit, we're planning a Sci-Fi, Nerd-tastic, "Event Show" for that August show. In addition to Jay, I'm going to see if we can't book a storm-trooper, a Starfleet officer, internationally famous space captain, Clutch Jettison, and Santa Claus. (I'm in talks with Santa's agent, right now.)
How about that for a POWERHOUSE, fucking lineup?!? It's like a ten year old little boy's imagination booked our show for us! A summit of representatives of the Greatest Sci-Fi properties the universe has ever seen (and Santa Claus!)
I told Fuzzy and Greg about Jay's interest last night and Greg asked, "How sick will the Tron Guy's stories actually be?"
"Who cares?" I said, "It's the Tron Guy. And that's exceptionally cool, if you ask me."
So it may not exactly be a "Sickest" Stories night, but instead might be a "Nerdiest" Stories night. I'm fine with that. I would still LOVE to see that cast of character sitting around a poker table, drinking beer, playing poker and talking about banging space broads.
I also want to hear Santa Claus use as many swear words as I can pimp him into!
If I were an audience member, I would totally buy a ticket to that show.
I've GOT TO get on that podcasting equipment. THIS is going to be a show that I want to preserve for posterity.
Wow.
I still can't believe it.
END OF LINE.
6 comments:
I don't get how Santa fits in. The rest of the line up sounds awesome and nerdtastic but the Santa in the mix seems out of place.
Well, he fits because I know a really AMAZING Santa impersonator. That was my idea behind casting him.
If that doesn't work, though, I have a few options about who else to plug in.
What about a guy in a Harry Potter costume? Or a guy dressed up as The Flash from the Justice League?
Because I have access to both of those guys.
Which of those would be better?
Polling the People,
Mr.B
for pure nerd content... the Flash... Though Wonder Woman would be cooler...
I don't remember saying "How sick will his stories be?"
I would save Santa for another show. Maybe a holiday theme.
Harry Potter would be funny maybe.
A guy dressed as Wonder Woman has more potential. I'm thinking Himmerick.
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